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12:10 PM ET, April 2, 2009

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Ken Lee / People.com:
Is Britney Spears Trying to End Her Father's Control?  —  Sam Lutfi and Britney Spears in October 2007  —  It seems Britney Spears's life has gone from soap opera to spy novel.  —  Sam Lutfi's younger sister Christina testified in a Los Angeles court Wednesday that she recently snuck …
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Lindsay Powers / Us Weekly:
Lawyer: Britney Spears Compares Dad's Control to “Prison”
Discussion: Dlisted, PopSugar and Socialite Life
Access Hollywood:
Former Attorney For Jamie Spears Testifies Britney Wanted Ex-Manager Jailed
Discussion: X17 Online
Tatiana Siegel / Variety:
‘INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS’ INVADES CANNES  —  Quentin Tarantino war film to compete at fest  —  Quentin Tarantino's WWII epic “Inglourious Basterds” is headed to the French Riviera.  —  The Brad Pitt starrer, set in Nazi-occupied France, has been invited to play in competition at the Cannes Film Festival.
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Alissa R / Us Weekly:
Brad Pitt's Going Back to Cannes
Peter Mikelbank / People.com:
Brad Pitt to Compete in Cannes - Again
Discussion: Cele|bitchy and New York Magazine
Johnny Dodd / People.com:
Seventh Octuplet Leaves Hospital  —  Octuplet mother Nadya Suleman was headed home Wednesday afternoon with yet another addition to her family bundled up in blankets in the backseat of her car.  —  Josiah Angel Suleman, who at 4 lbs., 8 oz., was deemed healthy and heavy enough to be released …
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NEWS.com.au:
Octuplet mum hires security after baby seat hurled at car  —  Attack ...octuplet mum Nadya Suleman hires guards after a baby seat was hurled into her car / AP  —  OCTUPLET mother Nadya Suleman has hired security guards the day after someone hurled a baby seat through the window of her car which was parked outside her home.
Alissa R / Us Weekly:
Keira Knightley Gets Beaten in Shocking Domestic Violence Ad  —  Keira Knightley is brutally attacked by her boyfriend in a shocking new domestic violence ad for the charity Women's Aid.  —  The two-minute clip, which debuts April 6 in movie theaters, opens with the actress, 24, heading home from a long day of filming.
Discussion: X17 Online
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People.com:
Keira Knightley Beat Up in Anti-violence PSA  —  Two months after news broke of the alleged violent fight between Rihanna and Chris Brown, a PSA about domestic violence starring Keira Knightley is set to debut in theaters.  —  The two-minute clip, which will start airing April 6 …
Discussion: Bumpshack.com
Lindsay Powers / Us Weekly:
Rep: Travis Barker, Shanna Moakler Split  —  Travis Barker and Shanna Moakler have split again, their reps confirm to Usmagazine.com.  —  The couple — who divorced in 2004 but reconciled last September after Barker's near-fatal plane crash — called it quits “after a nasty fight broke …
E! Online:
Lindsay Still With Sam: “We Aren't Broken Up”  —  Lindsay Lohan is still very much part of a twosome.  —  When asked whether there's any truth to the breakup rumors dogging her and Samantha Ronson these days (pick a day, any day), the 22-year-old actress answered unequivocally.  —  “Those rumors aren't true.
Courtney Hazlett / MSNBC:
Chris Brown hopes to rehabilitate his image  —  Plus: Jessica Alba's strict diet; Dina Lohan wants people to recognize her  —  Chris Brown may not be making statements about the incident with Rihanna, but he has started making public appearances.  —  Slideshow  —  Rihanna and Chris Brown
Matt McDaniel   / Yahoo! Movies:
‘Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen’ Robots Revealed  —  Excitement around “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen,” the sequel to the enormously successful 2007 movie, has been building steadily since we got our first glimpse of the action in the ad that played during the Super Bowl.
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Anthony Breznican / USA Today:
First look: Robo-brawlers big, small in new ‘Transformers’
Discussion: Cinematical, FirstShowing.net and /Film
Michael Fleming / Variety:
Trio in talks for ‘Inception’  —  Cotillard, Page, Murphy look to join DiCaprio  —  Warner Bros. is in talks with Marion Cotillard, Cillian Murphy and Ellen Page to join the cast of “Inception,” which Christopher Nolan wrote and will direct as his next film.  —  Leonardo DiCaprio has already been set to star.
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Borys Kit / Hollywood Reporter:
Three circle Nolan's ‘Inception’
People.com:
Caught in the Act!  —  • Robert Pattinson, mingling in the VIP room at a party following the Juno Awards (the Canadian Grammys) at Vancouver's Velvet Room inside the Opus Hotel.  The Twilight star arrived after the Universal Music bash was in full swing, then grabbed a martini and some food …
Discussion: Just Jared
New York Post:
A HILTON WHO'S AIMING HIGH  —  UNLIKE his celebutard sister Paris, Barron Nicholas Hilton is determined to become famous for actually doing something.  Hilton, 19, who has thus far been mainly a tabloid fixture in London, is giving up the party life to pursue a career in music.
Daniel Frankel / Variety:
TLC locks pilot documentary  —  Cabler flies with US Airways' Sullenberger  —  TLC has secured what it said are the exclusive authorized documentary rights to the story of U.S. Airways pilot Chesley Sullenberger, who became a national hero when he successfully landed a crippled passenger jet …
Discussion: Jossip and EW.com
Katherine Thomson / The Huffington Post:
Scarlett Johansson's Sexy New Moet Ads (PHOTOS)  —  Scarlett Johansson is the new brand ambassador for champagne Moet & Chandon.  The newly-brunette bombshell was the guest of honor last week at a Moet party in London, and now ads of her promoting the bubbly are out, taken while she was still blonde.
PEOPLE TV Watch:
New York Housewives Bethenny & Kelly Sound Off on Their Feud  —  Call it the rumble in the lipstick jungle: When Kelly Bensimon finally confronted Bethenny Frankel about the tense state of their relationship on last night's episode of The Real Housewives of New York City …
Discussion: Backseat Cuddler
popbytes:
TORI SPELLING: THE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING WOMAN  —  good morning!  finally we have someone else front & center on the cover of STAR magazine besides jennifer aniston (although her name is mentioned) this week tori spelling is being featured for her dramatic weight loss - supposedly weighing in at a mere 98lbs! …
Hollywoodreporter / The Hollywood Reporter:
Megan Fox will be Mickey Rourke's angel  —  Can Megan Fox save Mickey Rourke?  —  The “Transformers” actress is attached to play an angel opposite Rourke in “Passion Plays,” an indie drama that Mitch Glazer is writing and directing.  —  Here's the skinny on the project …
PEOPLE TV Watch:
It's Official!  Project Runway Returns to TV This Summer  —  Project Runway is returning to television this summer — and it will air on Lifetime.  —  According to the network, legal battles surrounding beleaguered reality show's already-filmed sixth season have been amicably resolved.
BBC:
FBI called in over Wolverine leak  —  The FBI are investigating the online leak of an almost finished copy of X-Men Origins: Wolverine, a month before the film's cinema release.  —  The Hugh Jackman film was downloaded an estimated several 100,000 times from file sharing websites on Tuesday.
 
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